Gresty Road

"Alexandra Stadium" redirects here. For the stadium in Pennsylvania, see Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium.
Gresty Road
The Crest, The Stainton
Full name Alexandra Stadium
Capacity 10,153
Record attendance 20,000
Field size 112 x 74 yards
Construction
Built 1906
Opened 1906
Tenants
Crewe Alexandra

The Alexandra Stadium, more commonly known as Gresty Road is a football stadium in Crewe, England. The home ground of Crewe Alexandra, it has an all-seated capacity of 10,153.

History

Crewe had initially played at the Alexandra Recreation Ground, also on Gresty Road and located just to the north of current site. After leaving the ground towards the end of the 1895–96 season the club played at a variety of venues, including in nearby Sandbach, before moving to the original Gresty Road ground in 1897.[1]

In 1906 the ground was demolished to make way for the construction of new railway lines, and a new Gresty Road ground was built directly to the west of the site.[1] The new ground initially had a stand on each touchline, one of which had been moved from the first Gresty Road ground, and some embankments around the remainder of the pitch.[2] After a fire, a new Main Stand was built on the south side of the ground in 1932. The record attendance of 20,000 was set on 30 January 1960 for an FA Cup match against Tottenham.[2]

In the 1990s Gresty Road was rebuilt, with all-seater stands constructed on all four sides of the ground.[2]

On 31 May 2015, the ground held an international friendly match between Northern Ireland and Qatar.[3]

Stands

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p13, ISBN 0954783042
  2. 1 2 3 Smith & Smith, p62
  3. "Northern Ireland to play Qatar in Crewe friendly". BBC Sport. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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Coordinates: 53°5′14.71″N 2°26′8.69″W / 53.0874194°N 2.4357472°W / 53.0874194; -2.4357472

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